| 2012 | The Indian Space Agency placed the heaviest foreign satellite in orbit. |
| 1974 | Captain Vikram Batra, who was martyred in Kargil war, was born on 9 September. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra. |
| 1949 | Hindi was adopted as the national language in India. |
| 1915 | The struggle between the famous Indian revolutionary Jatindranath Sanyal and the British at Kaptewara in Orissa. |
| 1920 | Aligarh's Oriental College was converted into Aligarh Muslim University. |
| 1999 | Mahesh Bhupathi of India and Arch Sugiyama of Japan won the mixed doubles title of US Open. |
| 2009 | Ministry of Railways announced to introduce biometric identification system for its employees on the lines of Ministry of Home Affairs |
| 1907 | Director Mahbub Khan, the leading producer of Indian cinema history, was born. |